excitement

* More broadly, the best and most creative work comes from a root of joy and excitement.

So, this is perhaps at the root of at least some of this passion and excitement.

That childhood excitement of saving up your money to buy some coveted thing is completely gone.

Kids that did nothing all semester were suddenly cruising through levels and jumping up and down with excitement.

He reminds you of yourself, standing in that darkened computer lab all those years ago, and you feel a tinge of excitement for him as you form the word."Vim.

If you lose your ability to feel joy and excitement about programming-related things, you'll be unable to do the best work.

If you have to spend part of your life with your excitement and enthusiasm deferred because that's what it takes, don't pile on your own troubles by telling yourself that you're "deferring life.

If you are burned out, you might still be able to feel the joy and excitement briefly at the start of a project/idea, but they will fade quickly as the reality of day-to-day work sets in.

Longer?The relevant Wikipedia page suggests that two months is about the upper limit for excitement-based productivity gains, so 1 year should be enough.

Furthermore, the technology communities that are growing up in these places have a vigor and sense of excitement that rivals or even surpasses anything you'll find in Silicon Valley.

Apparently, many programmers derive the major part of their intellectual satisfaction and professional excitement from not quite understanding what they are doing.

Gabriele seems to believe or hope that the masses will see his "repost" of his own app and be stricken by the desire to do the ethically right thing and uninstall all of the rushed clones and install the legitimate version and play it with all the fervor and excitement as if the global 2048 hype still currently existed.